Manufactured fibers

Manufactured fibers

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Manufactured fibers

Curing

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. In finishing fabrics, the process by which resins or plastics are set in or on textile materials, usually by heating. 2. In rubber processing, vulcanization. It is accomplished either by heat ...

Crease

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A break or line in a fabric generally caused by a sharp fold. Creases may be either desirable or undesirable, depending upon the situation. A crease may be intentionally pressed into a fabric by ...

Cabinet

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

A basic part of the manufactured-fiber spinning machine where, in dry spinning, the filaments become solidified by solvent evaporation and, in melt spinning, the filaments are solidified by cooling.

1. The waviness of a fibre expressed as crimps per unit length. 2. The difference in distance between two points on an unstretched fibre and the same two points when the fibre is straightened under ...

Calendering rolls

Textiles; Manufactured fibers

1. The main cylinders on a calender. 2. Smooth or fluted rolls used on carious fiber-processing machines such as pickers and cards to compress the lap or sliver as it passes between them.